About Day of Action

Every year, members of the Frederick County community come together to address the issues that matter the most. They serve on critically needed projects to help our community partner agencies. Sometimes, it’s stuffing backpacks full of books to encourage reading and improve early literacy. Other times, it’s planting community gardens to foster civic pride and promote affordable, healthy eating. Day of Action mirrors the work that United Way does year-round: empowering people to effect positive change in their own backyards, and across the world.

NONPROFIT PROJECTS

Day of Action provides a variety of services such home repair assitance for seniors, veterans, or other ALICE individuals as well as nonprofit projects that include painting, gardening and more. All project applications are to be submitted no later than August 15, 2020. If you are unable to submit your project online or have difficulty downloading the application, please contact Shana Knight at sknight@uwfrederick.org or call 240-578-4008 for assistance. Please submit an application to host a project for Day of Action if you are a registered nonprofit 501(c)(3), located and providing services in Frederick County.

DEADLINE TO SUBMIT A PROJECT IS 8/15/2020

Click here to submit an application to host a project

VOLUNTEERS

Each year Day of Action brings together hundreds of volunteers to make a huge impact in the community! This annual event would not be what it is without the hardworking volutneer indivduals and teams. Anyone can volunteer for Day of Action, as projects vary in degree and skill. If you or someone on your team has any restrictions or limitations, please be sure to make a note of that when you register.

This year, there are two parts to registertaion. After completing part 1, a UW representitive will send you the link to complete part 2.

All volunteer teams must complete part 1 and part 2 of registrationno later than September 13, 2020.

All individual volunteers must complete part 1 and 2 of registration no later than September 20, 2020.

Please note that if you register after the deadline, you will be place in a project that has space left and may not receive a t-shirt.

VOLUNTEER TEAMS: Please choose one person to be the team leader and point of contact. If you are registering a team larger than 20 volunteers, please consider making a donation to help cover the t-shirt costs. You can make a donation by clicking here.

Click here to register a team

Click here to register as an idividual

SPONSORS

Day of Action is Frederick County's largest volunteer day and continues to grow each year. By sponsoring Day of Action 2020, you show that your company supports the community by encouraging and supporting volunteerism. As a sponsor, your company will have the opportunity to recevie significant recognition in advertising and outreach materials before, during and after the event. Over 400 volunteers across Frederick County will sport your logo on their t-shirts!

Learn more about the Day of Action sponsorship benefits and how to become a sponsor by emailing Amanda Holk at Aholk@uwfrederick.org.

Day of Action 2019 Re-cap

On Friday, October 4 there were 484 volunteers from over 25 businesses who dedicated their time to serve the Frederick Community for our annual Day of Action.There were 42 service projects, and over 2,400 volunteer hours contributed to our community.